Robert Cortez "Bobby" Scott

Congressman Robert C. Bobby Scott has represented Virginias Third Congressional District for eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. First elected in 1992, Scott was the first American of Filipino descent and only the second African American to represent Virginia in the U.S. Congress since John M. Langston left office in 1891. Before being elected to the House, he had served in both the Virginia House of Delegates (1978-1982) and the Senate of Virginia (1982-1992). A moderate Democrat, Scott became the chair of the Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee in 2006.